HAPPY EASTER…2 EBAY AUCTIONS FOR SPRINGTIME

Ahhhhh…. all the Trunk Show items are in place and ready to go on April 11. I just finished the preview and descriptions today and am I feeling great!! I can't wait for you all to see the amazing variety of jewelry I've done this year!!! Now it's time to relax for this Easter weekend before the show. I hope you all have plans to also enjoy time with your familiies and friends as well.

I am also excited to unveil 2 PRE TRUNK SHOW auctions today for you to have fun bidding on. I started the bids an an insanely low $1.00 to make these a REAL auction and giving everyone an opportunity to bid. They both close early in the day on Wednesday , April 11 before the Trunk Show begins. Have fun bidding!!!!!

We do love going to markets on our vacations whether it be food, handcrafted goods or supplies. We love them all. The past few days we have been scoping out the markets and shops here, price comparing and bartering just a bit to get a feel for where we can get the best quality […]

What a fun day this was!!! Steve rented a Honda scooter for 20ish for the full day and we headed out of the city to one of the spectacular waterfalls which also was adjacent to the Moonbear Rescue and a new butterfly park. I was able to catch a few photos enroute on this 15 […]

We sure love our digs here in Laos this week. Wow!!! This place is so serene and takes you away from the center of town (only about a mile away) to enjoy the river view and family gardens across the water. Roosters crowing everywhere, people chopping wood, monks chanting in the distance most of the […]

We do work up an appetite when we travel, averaging 8 miles a day on foot, dodging traffic, motorbikes etc and tend to eat well. Usually breakfast and a late lunch is all we eat but we FEAST during those two meals. We ended up doing a nighttime street food private tour with our […]

This village about 30 minutes outside of Hanoi city was a perfect choice to get a good look into local life and the craftsmanship of the villagers with not a tourist in sight…other than steve and myself. Many photos are below in a slideshow with a few highlighted on the blog with descriptions My mom […]

Yesterday as the taxi drove us in from the airport to out hotel we were reminded of all the reasons we had return to this wonderful city and greeted with many new sights since our trip 10 years ago. One being this jaw dropping mural that lined a very long span of the highway. I […]

What a whirlwind marathon this day has been…actually dayS if you count the timezone change as it is now Tuesday mid morning as I write to you flying over Shanghai China enroute to Hanoi Vietnam….almost a day ahead of the U.S. The 24 hours of flying with a couple of short layovers began in […]

Hello my friends, the trip back to Minnesota was a real whirlwind but the timing couldn’t be better to be there for my new grandson Milo’s birthday. I arrived on the 10th, Liz went into labor on her due date the 13th and Milo was born the next day January 14th, 2015. 7 lbs 5 […]